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Sparrow, Len; Hurst, Chris – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The Swan Valley Cluster of Schools for the Make it Count project identified the professional learning of teachers as a key factor in improving the numeracy outcomes of urban Indigenous children. Two mentor teachers were assigned to support cluster teachers in planning and teaching mathematics during 2011. This paper reports on the initiative and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Mathematics Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Hurst, Chris; Cooke, Audrey – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
Mathematical competence of teachers continues to be an issue of great interest to mathematics educators within tertiary institutions and it is often thought of simultaneously with the notion of mathematics anxiety. While there has been considerable recent research into the latter, no clear conclusions have been able to be drawn about many aspects…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Competencies, Anxiety, Preservice Teachers
Cooke, Audrey; Hurst, Chris – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The issue of mathematics anxiety and its possible links to mathematical competence have long been of concern to mathematics educators, particularly with the potential of the effects of mathematics anxiety to be transmitted from teacher to student. Hence it is in the interests of teacher educators to understand the nature of mathematics anxiety and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Situational Tests, Preservice Teachers, Competence